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Reds’ Chase Burns makes MLB strikeout history never done since mound moved to current distance in 1893

Before 1893, the pitcher stood 55 feet and 6 inches away from home plate. It was an era when pitchers started to dominate, and so the rubber was moved back five feet to its current 60', 6" distance in 1893.

And since then, no one has ever done what Cincinnati Reds rookie right-handed pitcher Chase Burns has done this season.

Burns has put up double-digit strikeouts in four of his first eight MLB outings. He's the first guy ever to do that, at least dating to 1893, according to MLB Network's Sarah Langs .

The best of the four, in terms of damage allowed, came on Friday night.

Burns, in Pittsburgh, struck out exactly 10. He allowed just three hits, one run and

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